WASHINGTON Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) became House speaker partly by empowering skeptical conservatives to force a no-confidence vote if he ever betrayed them.

Last week, McCarthy betrayed them, but so far the hard-liners havent moved to take McCarthys gavel away. Instead, on Tuesday a group of 10 Republicans voted against a procedural resolution setting up a series of votes on symbolic bills about gas stoves and regulations.

House Freedom Caucus member Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) told reporters the Republicans were frustrated with how the House had been operating.

We took a stand in January to end the era of the imperial speakership, Gaetz said. Were concerned that the fundamental commitments that allowed Kevin McCarthy to assume the speakership had been violated as a consequence of the debt limit deal.

Its not clear if the group will continue to vote against its own agenda in order to fight McCarthy. The lawmakers also complained that the speaker had allegedly refused to hold a vote on a resolution relating to pistol braces.

Earlier on Tuesday, Freedom Caucus chair Rep. Scott Perry (R-Pa.) said that the group hasnt settled on a course of action.

The Freedom Caucus is assessing the circumstances right now and trying to determine how we can improve our position, Perry told HuffPost. We understand, generally speaking, what our adversary is, and were working towards defeating our adversary, which is leftist, liberal destructive, weaponized policies whether they come from the Republican Party or the Democrat.